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The Kepulauan Seribu National Park (KSNP) and Wakatobi National Park (WNP) of Indonesia joined the growing network of Asean Heritage Parks (AHPs).Click on the link below to read the full story.

Environmentalists sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday seeking to pry loose details of plans to shrink national monuments and marine areas and open protected areas to commercial fishing, energy extraction, logging and other industries.Click on the link below to read the f

For five years, the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Programme (BIOPAMA) has worked towards bringing together the critical knowledge and capacity to ACP countries" efforts for effective conservation and sustainable use of their natural resources .  In 2017, the European Union and the A

Tropical deforestation is responsible for around one tenth of total anthropogenic carbon emissions, and tropical protected areas (PAs) that reduce deforestation can therefore play an important role in mitigating climate change and protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Click on the link

A key goal of protected areas is the conservation of biodiversity. Increasing visitation, however, can compromise ecological integrity.

..."other effective area-based conservation measures" or OECMs, namely areas outside state-governed protected areas that are nevertheless high in biodiversity.

IUCN Oceania and CEPF are accepting proposals from 8th September until 25th October 2017. Letters of Inquiry (LoIs) are invited from civil society groups in the islands region of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Briefing on protected area opportunities and implications arising from all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets, and how these link to the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and their specialist groups and task forces. 

How do you solve a conservation problem"..Do you protect a wild leopard that has entered a village by removing it and releasing it into a forest far, far away" Or do you work with the people living in the village and help them live with the leopards and other wildlife that might stray into their

In leaked memo, Trump interior secretary recommends 10 protected areas be modified to allow for "traditional uses" such as mining, logging and hunting...Click on the link below to read the full story.